Hi pluggers... has anyone any nfo on the Athlon Thunderbird and/or the Duron processors ( to be coupled with asus a7v mb) and Linux ??? I did hear a rumble that the original athlon was unstable under linux ....and does anyone know which chips ibm and compaq are selling on the linux-ready machines??? thanx dez -- Regardz, dez mailto:dynamix at iinet.net.au